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Itis April 4th and I am far too tired to be doing this type of thing. It is my final article for this year and I wanted to talk about two things. But before doing that, I wanted to take the opportunity to formally thank my editor, Kent Bruyneel, for the freedom he gave me to write. This can not be understated and served to enhance my ex- perience, which I enjoyed, with my colleagues at the Cadre.

As Gomer Pyle says,

SURPRISE, SUEPRISE, SURLYPRIZE. Before Christmas I predicted that gas and oil prices would continue to rise and would

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lead to inflation. Guess what, that is exactly what happened here on the Island and, to a greater degree, in the rest of North America. What is being done to com- bat this? Really two ap- proaches are available. OPEC (Oil Produc- ing Exporting Countries) got

only marginally. Why? Be- cause of what is known as lagtime. That is policies that are implemented take time to filter through the eco- nomic system. But a bigger problem remains with the nature of OPEC and that problem is maintaining soli- darity around decisions (ie. sticking to them). Gas money is quite addictive for countries and with prices as high as they are, the word is

keeps it (and maybe the world) together is their complete disdain for Ameri- cans.

But there is another solution that would require the right person to wave their magic wand. That per- son, in Canada, is Paul Martin. That wand is cut- ting gas taxes either tempo- rarily or permanently and legislating that any drop would have to be passed on

to the consumer at the pump. But nobody

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likes to leave cash they could’ ve had on the table and governments who find a tax cash cow they like, find it as easy to give up as heroin for a junkie. If you want to see what that looks like, go visit a methadone clinic. But what Ottawa does is hide behind cooperative federalism. I’1I give it up if the provinces do too. Frankly, I thought that this type of behavior was left behind in the primary school playground. Obvi- ously, this is not going to work. The only ally Ottawa has is Brian Tobin. Beyond that, they stare at a hostile

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combination of Tories and NDPers across the country. But what Ottawa is forgetting to do, in its risk-free approach, is to take some shots because , everybody knows (or at least everyone at the Barn does) that youmiss 100% of the shots you do not take. So cut the tax and legislate that it gets passed on and bask in the glow of Cana- dians’ adoration while calling the rest of the provinces “cheapsy.” It’ll pay off in that inflation will be kept in check, which means the rhinoceros- like debt we have on our shoulders will not blow like it was Cast into outer space. And think about how many friends that’ll make Jean. The next federal election could be tight. It is policy like this that can make the difference between getting over the top or not.

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Elections, that is the

other thing that I wanted to talk about. I wasn’t surprised with the timing ofit as those in power followed the first rule of par-

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